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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and I am fearful for several companies in Killybegs. We really need to get to the point on two different levels. I am not asking the witnesses to respond because I am going to talk about the SFPA and it will have to respond for itself. We must, though, get to the point where the landing rules we have are consistent across the European Union. I have data here from the SFPA. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...under their own work programmes. The table below sets out the requested EMFAF spend by agency and by year. Agency 2021 2022 2023 2024 (to date) Total BIM nil 5,254,706 6,297,051 3,890,000 15,441,757 Bord Bia nil 2,000,000 2,000,000 373,903 4,373,903 Marine Institute 8,167,944 9,930,741 10,834,698 4,821,330 33,754,713 SFPA nil 2,806,163...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I will clarify, at the outset, that under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational issues concerning sea-fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the SFPA and the Naval Service and I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters. As regards Ireland’s goals for sustainable fisheries, these are supported through the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...glad I brought her now. There were a few issues. One was that there was an administrative inquiry into the controls applying at piers and we came forward. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, which is operationally independent of the Department, brought forward a control plan which satisfied European Union requirements. As far as I am aware, that control plan is in place,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (10 Jul 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...on fisheries and the marine, so I will focus my comments on that area. I raised a matter with the Taoiseach recently, namely the different approach taken by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, when it comes to super sized factory ships operating in Irish waters. There was a recent whistleblower report in the Mail on Sunday and the story was repeated again last Sunday. I ask...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (27 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question on the value of fish landings in each port in Ireland, by county, in tabular form to the SFPA and have asked them to revert directly to the Deputy with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are a couple of representative bodies, such as the SFPA consultative committee and the Celtic Sea herring committee, that the inshore sector is not yet on. As the Minister knows, there are issues with the north-west herring committee. There is conflict there which hopefully can be resolved. We all want to minimise conflict within the fisheries sector and to try to get agreement....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fisheries Protection (13 Jun 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: A provisional figure of 3,403 tonnes for sprat landings in 2023 has previously been provided by the SFPA. That is what I have to have hand here. The figures over the years from 2018 to 2022 ranged from a minimum of approximately 3,500 tonnes of sprat landed in 2018, to a maximum of approximately 14,500 tonnes of sprat landed in 2021. Obviously, it is an important species and an important...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...10 metres, for which logbooks aren't required. The sales note system therefore provides for the collection of landings data in relation to such vessels. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland, including the operation of the sales note system. I have therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 May 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is headed by the three person SFPA Management Authority consisting of the Executive Chairperson and two Authority members. The SFPA is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The SFPA is by statute independent in the exercise of its functions and as Minister I have responsibility for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Pearse Doherty: ...deciding not to put pen to paper to designate that pier as a landing pier for UK-registered vessels. He says he is doing this because the resources are not there. That vessel will have to notify the SFPA when it is coming onto shore. It is not that it will be on shore every single day. The Minister has decided to put his face against the idea of them travelling a couple of extra miles...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...1, 2 and 4-10 (Union waters). This would include the waters around South Kerry that are outside the six nautical mile limit as measured from the baselines. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question on the total volume...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (10 Apr 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...of the processing sector post-Brexit through provision of transition funding and training. The scheme supported seafood processing plant enterprises with an approvals number issued by the SFPA – Processing Plant (PP) or Fresh Fishery Products Plant (FFPP). To be eligible for funding, beneficiaries must have be able to show a 15% or more reduction in turnover (in 2021 compared to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 Mar 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland.I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question on the the landings of fish, by species at each pier and harbour across the State in each of the years, 2007 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form to the SFPA...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (21 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and issues concerning the marine space since then, I think it is important that this issue is reviewed and reflected on in an open, inclusive process. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has advised that a provisional figure of 3,403 tonnes of sprat was landed into Ireland in 2023. To inform my review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone, I launched a public...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (20 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...vessels greater than or equal to 36.58m (120 feet) in length are also precluded from fishing in Ireland's 12 mile zone. Ireland's control authorities, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service, are responsible for the monitoring and control of fishing vessels, including large fishing vessels targeting pelagic stocks, in our Exclusive Fisheries Zone to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (13 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...2023 has focused predominantly on ensuring continued support for the work programmes of the marine agencies (Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Marine Institute and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA)) and Bord Bia. This has been done by means of a process whereby the agencies submit applications to my Department for approval in principle. It is intended to progress the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The annual budget allocation enables the SFPA to continue to meet its National and EU obligations as Ireland's Competent Authority for the enforcement of sea fisheries and seafood safety law. The annual budget details for the SFPA, as per the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The budget allocation (as per the Revised Book of Estimates) provided to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) enables the SFPA to continue to meet its National and EU obligations as Ireland's Competent Authority for enforcement of Sea...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

...within 48 hours of that sale taking place the buyer is supposed to submit the weight and species that was logged, and what was bought and what was paid for it. That is supposed to be submitted to SFPA within 48 hours of that sale. There seems to be an issue with those sales notes being submitted, be it at the buyer level or at SFPA level, but the data just seems to disappear. There were...